Haggard Middle, Plano TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Haggard Middle

Haggard Middle is a mid-sized suburban middle school in Plano that sits at an important inflection point in the district. The school serves grades six through eight and draws from a catchment that has been reshaped by Plano ISD's recent closure of two middle schools, Armstrong and Carpenter, effective the current school year. That closure reassigned many students across the district, making Haggard part of a tighter feeder system than it had been.

The school's academic profile shows a pattern worth understanding clearly. In English language arts, Haggard performs at a solid level across all three grades, with most students meeting or exceeding grade-level standards. Mathematics tells a more fragmented story. Sixth graders show respectable proficiency, eighth graders perform above that, but seventh graders experience a marked dip in proficiency that is substantially lower than the other two grades. This seventh-grade math decline is a soft spot a parent may want to discuss directly with the school, particularly if they have a child entering that grade. In science and social studies, proficiency is lower overall, with social studies showing the weakest results. The school's overall proficiency index places it above the midpoint among Collin County districts, a meaningful position that reflects a school doing reasonably well without being among the highest performers in the county.

Demographically, Haggard serves a student body that is majority white but includes substantial Asian, Hispanic, and other populations, reflecting Plano's own diversity. About one in five students qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, a rate that suggests a generally higher-income base but with real economic diversity in the building. The school does not report counts or rates for English learners or students with IEPs in the available data, so a parent seeking detail on those populations would need to ask the school directly.

Plano as a place has shifted from bedroom-suburb identity into a major corporate center anchored by companies like Toyota, Frito-Lay, and JCPenney. The city is largely built out, with recent development concentrated in mixed-use redevelopment projects rather than sprawl. Housing values in the area are above state and national benchmarks, and rent is rising slightly even as home sale prices have declined modestly year-over-year. Commute times within Plano are short by suburban standards, and the city has invested in both parks and transit, including the recent opening of DART rail stations that improve car-independent access.

The district itself faces headwinds. Plano ISD enrollment has been declining for more than a decade, culminating in the decision to close four campuses. The district passed a voter-approved property tax increase and major bond measures in 2022 that commit resources toward facility renovations, safety infrastructure, and one-to-one technology for students, investments that will shape school conditions for years to come. Haggard benefits from those commitments, though enrollment pressure remains a broader district reality that could affect staffing, programming, and resource allocation.

For a family considering Haggard, the key picture is a school that is academically stable in reading and writing, mixed in mathematics especially at the seventh-grade level, and weaker in science and social studies. It sits in a prosperous suburban setting with good parks and transit access, and it draws from a diverse, mostly well-resourced community. The school has not fully recovered from the district's enrollment decline, and a parent might reasonably ask what that means for course offerings, extracurriculars, or support services compared to what Haggard offers now.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 659%

School 59% · District 50% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 727%

School 27% · District 26% · ▲ 1 pts above district

even with state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Grade 867%

School 67% · District 63% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 677%

School 77% · District 66% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 766%

School 66% · District 65% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 879%

School 79% · District 69% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Science

Grade 858%

School 58% · District 57% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 843%

School 43% · District 45% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

This schoolPLANO ISD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income47%Higher-income85%38 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income41%Higher-income75%34 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income59%Higher-income84%25 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income33%Higher-income68%35 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income18%Higher-income31%13 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income44%Higher-income73%29 pp gap